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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Word roots 3 - With your partners, think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root\
- ego = self
- endo = inside
- equi = same
- erg = work
- esth/aesth = feel/sensation (esthetic/aesthetic and derived words are related to beauty)
- eu = good (usually pronounced like “you”)
- ex/exo/ecto = out (If someone has gone out of the role of husband, we can call him an ex-husband.)
- extra = beyond
- fac/fact = make
- fer = move/carry
- flect/flex = bend
- fore = pre/front (these all come from the same root, and “first” comes from fore + -est)
- frac/frag = break
- fug = flee/escape
- funct = perform
- gen = make/create
- geo = Earth
- graph = write/draw (sometimes “gram” refers to the resulting image)
- grat = please
- helio = sun
- hem = blood
- hetero = different
- homo = same
- hydro = water (sometimes more generally fluid)
- hyper = over/super/ultra
- hypo = under/sub/infra
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- We often have different roots (from different languages) with the same basic meaning, but the resulting words are used differently:
- supersonic / subsonic = faster/slower speed than sound
- ultrasonic / infrasonic = higher/lower frequency than we can hear
- pre = fore
- dict = tell
- If you foretell something, it’s more supernatural or magical than if you simply predict something.
- (In particular, there are often Greek roots with ‘h’ that correspond to Latin roots with ‘s’.)
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- Most of these roots are not productive, meaning you can’t create new words with them.
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- A compound is when you put complete words together: kid + nap = kidnap
- A portmanteau is when you put parts of words together: smoke + fog = smog
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- http://ed.ted.com/lessons/football-physics-scalars-and-vectors-michelle-buchanan
- scalars / vectors
- distance / displacement
- speed / velocity
- acceleration / acceleration
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- BREAK
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- College Campus vocabulary - useful for conversation listenings, and for speaking 3 and 5 (conversations about an announcement and problem/solution)
- In a group, try to explain in your own words what each term means.
- academic advisor (-or spelling is more common) = a person who advises you about what classes to take
- elective = one of a list of classes in your major, and you need to choose a certain number of them to get the degree
- scholarship = merit-based money to help pay for education
- financial aid = need-based money to help pay for education
- *student loan = money borrowed from a bank to pay for education
- transcript = a record of the classes you took and your grade in each of them
- *report card / grade report = a record of the grades you have in your current or just-finished classes
- grad school = school you go to for a Master’s or PhD (and the programs for those degrees)
- *undergraduate = someone who is working to get an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree
- *grad student = someone who is attending grad school
- freshman = student in the 1st year of (high school or) college
- sophomore = student in the 2nd year of (high school or) college
- junior = student in the 3rd year of (high school or) college
- *senior = student in the 4th/last year of (high school or) college
- major = primary subject that you’re studying
- *minor = secondary subject (with fewer requirements than a major)
- credit (or credit hour) = a unit of class time (usually one hour per week for a semester)
- assignment = something you need to do for a class
- due date = the date on which you need to be finished with an assignment
- extension = extra time to complete an assignment
- tuition = money to pay for classroom instruction
- dormitory = room or building where students stay on campus
- make-up test = a second test if you missed the first one
- absent = not present in class
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- The departments and positions on the second handout can be different from one university to another.
- (At my university, teaching assistants were GSI’s, for “graduate student instructors”.)
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- Handout p. 73 - Complete the sentences and the conversation with words from above.
- part A
- 1 absent, make-up test
- 2 grad school, academic advisor
- 3 scholarships/financial aid, tuition
- 4 credits
- 5 dorm, freshman
- 6 assignments, due date
- 7 transcript
- 8 major, sophomore
- part B
- 1 dorm
- 2 scholarship
- 3 tuition
- 4 financial aid
- 5 freshman
- 6 sophomore
- 7 due dates
- 8 assignments
- 9 academic advisor
- 10 grad school
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- p. 451 - Listen to the conversation and take notes. (CD 7.5) Then answer the questions on p. 452.
- 1 D
- 2 B
- 3 B
- 4 A
- 5 B D
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